The five candidates are competing to fill the seat for the remaining two weeks of the General Assembly session. Then candidates will start running again for the seat. The special election was called after the seat’s former occupant, Gary Holder-Winfield, won a state Senate seat.

The district includes portions of southern Hamden as well as a swath of New Haven: Newhallville, Prospect Hill, and part of downtown.

Polls open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. In New Haven, Ward 1 voters will vote at the public library at 133 Elm St. Ward 19 voters at Celentano School at 400 Canner; Ward 20 voters at Lincoln-Bassett School at 130 Bassett St.; and Ward 22 voters at Wexler-Grant School, 55 Foote St.

If you live in Ward 21, that’s a more complicated question. Some Ward 21 voters are supposed to go to Lincoln-Bassett, others to Celentano. Where to vote in New Haven elections has become a complicated question. If you’re confused about where to vote, call the New Haven Registrar of Voters at 203-946-8035.

“We couldn’t send out letters this time [about where to vote] because there was a big huge thing wrong with the map” that the city received about ward districts, Democratic Registrar of Voters Sharon Ferrucci said Thursday morning. “We had to hire a GPS company from Middletown to help us,” and the final list of voters arrived too late. The confusion stemmed from the redrawing of district maps, which greatly changed the contours of the 94th District.

“Have them call us. We’ll be more than happy to help anybody,” Ferrucci said. She said her staff also gave lists of all voters for each polling place to each of the candidates.

• Rey Harp of Hamden, who works for Renaissance Management and calls for a new transit study of Dixwell Avenue. Read about him here.

• Berita Lewis-Rowe, a Hamden councilwoman and choice of her town’s Democratic committee; she says she’s eager to vote this session on a PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes program) bill. Read about her here.

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posted by: cedarhillresident! on April 24, 2014 8:28am

My pick Robyn Porter. I think she will do an amazing job for us in Hartford!

GO Robyn

posted by: robn on April 24, 2014 8:33am

CT District lines don’t necessarily line up with New haven’s gerrymandered Aldermanic Ward lines.

Here is a Google map that will tell you if you’re in the 94th district. (zoom in on the pink blob to check your address.) This map was created by the CT State Library in Nov 2012…could the NHI verify its up to date…if not remove my post?

[Editor: I confess that I’m totally confused at this point. That was one of several maps used by people at the recent nominating convention; officials were told that some of the info in some of them was wrong. I tried deciphering some of the maps and got buggy-eyed and more confused. This morning the registrar of voters told me she needed a consultant to figure it out because of the mistakes on state maps. I’m suggesting people just call the registrars at (203) 946-8035. They’re ready to talk to anyone who’s confused.]

posted by: robn on April 24, 2014 8:34am

Sorry, then green blob is the 94th district….maybe the NHI could just remove my posts and clearly guide people to this map?

posted by: robn on April 24, 2014 11:17am

OK….supposedly this map was approved by the Legislatures Redistricting Commission